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2017-18 Cleveland Indians Offseason

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He supposedly has 7 teams left, Cubs, Dodgers, Giants, Mariners, Rangers, Padres!!!, and Angels.

Personally the Mariners or Angels could be a good fit. They both need a starting pitcher, but both do have a DH so his batting chances would be limited if he wanted to go that way. Those two teams are close to a wild card spot easily next season.

Giants and Padres make more sense when it comes to the fact its in the National League (more batting opportunities since he could pinch hit and whatnot as well on days he isnt pitching) Thats about 60 ABs right there, so its possible for him to get to 200 ABs in the national league. Problem is they are much farther away from the playoffs in a tough division in 17, and likely to stay that way in 18.

Cubs and the Dodgers are playoff teams, but the Cubs really do need another starting pitcher if they lose Lackey and Arrieta. Winning wise the Cubs may be the smartest move of the teams he has left. Dodgers have 5 starters plus Kazmir and McCarthey so they dont have a need for a starter so his opportunity there may not be a good one.
 
Obviously, landing Maitan would be a huge coup. I think he needed a change of scenery bad anyways, since the Braves entitled him and then he got a little chunky, and he began to work less on his game because of it.

But I would be more than okay with finding a way with landing one of the lesser guys, mostly Yunior Severino, Ju-Hwan Bae, Yefri Del Rosario, or Abrahan Gutierrez.

Indians manage to land one of those 5 somehow, I'll be very happy.

Maitan to the Angels, Del Rosario to the Royals.

Great signing by the Royals, considering they weren't allowed to sign anyone for more than 300 K this past season, and Del Rosario is a 1 million bonus pool talent.
 
Angels are the last team that deserves to win the Maitan sweepstakes... smh.
 
Chatwood 3 yrs $38m from the Cubs
 

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